ANTIINFLAMMATORY AND HEPATOPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF SOLANUM-ALATUM

Solanum alatum aqueous extract was investigated on carrageenin-induced edema and on CCl4-induced liver injury. The extract (100 or 200 mg/kg body weight) exhibited both anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective ac tivities. The effects were more prominent at the dose of 200 mg/kg. Hi stological changes such as necrosis, fatty changes, ballooning degener ation, and inflammatory infiltration of lymphocytes and Kupffer cells around the central veins were concurrently improved by treatment with the S. alatum aqueous extract.